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As Philly’s economy and public health revive, gun violence looms as residents’ chief worry, Pew report finds

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia’s post-pandemic revival continues, as the economy improves and jobs return two years after COVID-19 hit the city.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Apr 20, 2022

It’s 2022 and Texas remains among the worst states for consumers to borrow from payday lenders

Need a $500 loan to make it through until your next paycheck drops? In Texas, the average consumer will be on the hook to pay that back, plus another $645 in interest.

Tribune News Service · Apr 13, 2022

Commentary: Progressives have turned a deaf ear to minority communities’ calls for more police

I live in Philadelphia, a hugely unequal city. Our access to education, transportation and health care — and the quality of these services — often depends on our ZIP codes. And nobody knows that better than people who live in minority communities.

Chicago Tribune · Apr 13, 2022

More Republicans have died of COVID-19. Does that mean the polls are off?

WASHINGTON — Doctors and demographers recently noticed another tragic example of how polarization shapes America: The pandemic has killed more people in the nation’s Republican enclaves than its Democratic strongholds. They explain the gap by pointing to Republican resistance to vaccines and the GOP’s more cavalier approach to combating the…

Tribune News Service · Mar 30, 2022

More Republicans have died of COVID-19. Does that mean the polls are off? - Roll Call

“Polls are blunt instruments, not precision instruments,” pollsters remind us. So can they account for the changing demographics of COVID-19?

Roll Call · Mar 30, 2022

Younger women now earn at least as much or more than men in 22 metro areas

Economists studying gender pay said men and women start more or less on an even footing but wage disparities widen over time

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022

Young women earn more than men in 16 U.S. cities

Women's edge in pay isn't likely to last as they get older

Axios · Mar 28, 2022

In New York City, young women outearn men

In New York City and D.C., there’s a gender pay gap — for men under 30.

Tribune News Service · Mar 28, 2022

Pew survey: Indians overwhelmingly think wives should ‘obey’ husbands

Two-thirds of Indians “completely agree” that a wife must “always obey” her husband, and roughly one-third of adults feel childcare should be “primarily handled” by women.

Newslaundry · Mar 2, 2022

Poll: The right losing faith in science

A new Pew poll reveals a stark partisan divide in which groups we trust

Salon · Feb 17, 2022